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Nanoscribe 3D-prints microscopic objects using freakin' laser beams

May 20, 2013 | KEVIN LEE

As cool as it is to be able to replicate just about any object you want using a 3D printer, the things you create can still look really rough, because the printers are not high-resolution. That is, the layers of plastic it lays down are not thin enough--think of it a little like the jaggies on a low-resolution computer screen.

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Feds block downloads of 3D-printed gun blueprints

May 13, 2013 | COLIN NEAGLE

In compliance with a request from the U.S. State Department, Defense Distributed, the Austin, Texas-based group that recently unveiled the world's first operational 3D-printed handgun, has removed the design files for the weapons from its website.

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3D-printed gun files removed after 100,000 downloads

May 13, 2013 | LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICHHIERAI (VIA SMH)

The US Department of State, through its Office of Defence Trade Controls Compliance, forced Wilson to take down the online blueprints for the Liberator and all the other 3D-printed weapon parts that he has made available online.

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